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for example, when i met with the president of pakistan a couple of weeks ago, the ambassador was with me. why? because we want to show that we are linked together and have a common message. to use that as an example, as an area where we can assist in helping create a civilian law enforcement presence that would take the place of a military presence, particularly in certain parts of the country. perhaps a more direct example is mexico, where congress actually appropriated money. it is called the merida initiative, to be used in conjunction with the federal government of mexico to buy equipment, and importantly, to train civilian law enforcement. i want to just pause a moment on this. our ability as a nation to work with other countries on having not just a law enforcement but justice systems that are civilian in nature as opposed to military, i think is very, very important. that is one of the things we have expertise in within the department: security, particularly when you are talking about how to set up a port of entry. how do you run it? what does it look like? what kinds of techno
for example, when i met with the president of pakistan a couple of weeks ago, the ambassador was with me. why? because we want to show that we are linked together and have a common message. to use that as an example, as an area where we can assist in helping create a civilian law enforcement presence that would take the place of a military presence, particularly in certain parts of the country. perhaps a more direct example is mexico, where congress actually appropriated money. it is called the...
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violence erupting between muslims and christians in pakistan. police say at least six people were killed in riots, including one child. muslims protesting, burning and looting homes in eastern part of the country, violence between the groups erupted on thursday after word spread of a defaced koran. >> deadly day for u.s. forces in afghanistan. three american soldiers killed there in road side bombing in the southern part of that country. the area is the center of taliban-led insurgency. thousands of troops are conducting anti-taliban operations there ahead of this month's presidential election. >>> and a new g.i. bill takes effect today just in time for the fall semester. it's the first since the attacks of 9-11. many veterans are eligible for full tuition and fees at state universities for a full four years and can get up to $1,000 a year for books. the benefits are similar to the one signd into law by president roosevelt after world war ii and in the next decade, $78 billion is expected to be paid out under the new bill. >> congress approving
violence erupting between muslims and christians in pakistan. police say at least six people were killed in riots, including one child. muslims protesting, burning and looting homes in eastern part of the country, violence between the groups erupted on thursday after word spread of a defaced koran. >> deadly day for u.s. forces in afghanistan. three american soldiers killed there in road side bombing in the southern part of that country. the area is the center of taliban-led insurgency....
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they told us to carry out jihad against the pakistan army, because they are not muslims. this is because they are friends with the united states army, who killed a lot of muslims, and you will go to heaven for killing them, even if you have to kill yourself. the taliban told us don't listen to anyone, not your father, not your brother, not your sister. if they get in your way of fighting jihad, it's ok to kill them. >> these two boys were some of the lucky ones. they escaped. >> myself and two other boys at the camp talked about escaping. i was very scared, as the taliban said if we tried to escape, they would slaughter us, but when i had the chance, i ran away. >> the u.s. children's agency is now getting involved. >> they were contacted through union self so the children's agency can support these children who we understand have been brainwashed into becoming either child soldiers or suicide bombers. >> the challenge is not only to get the boys into programs to deal with their psychological damage, but it has to be customized for their culture and counter what in some c
they told us to carry out jihad against the pakistan army, because they are not muslims. this is because they are friends with the united states army, who killed a lot of muslims, and you will go to heaven for killing them, even if you have to kill yourself. the taliban told us don't listen to anyone, not your father, not your brother, not your sister. if they get in your way of fighting jihad, it's ok to kill them. >> these two boys were some of the lucky ones. they escaped. >>...
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pakistan: members of the muslim group setting fire to christian homes in an eastern city. six christians were reportedly killed including four women and a child. the violence began during the week when a muslim organization accused christians of desecrating pages from the koran. government investigators say they found no truth to the allegation. >> malaysia: the biggest street protests in almost two years broken up by police and then call him -- kuala lumpur. 20,000 opposition members were protesting. local reports said the crackdown could damage support for the prime minister who has been trying to show the opposition he has an open mind on human rights and free speech maxx band: high winds whipping the flames of a forest fire in the canary islands. high, dry weather at into the troubles. no word yet on what started the fire. >> mexico: they didn't make this giant sandwich for the record books, but at almost 150 feet, it's a big one. forty-five mexico city restaurants and bakeries worked together on this sandwich. it weighed in at more than 1600 pounds. the goal to help p
pakistan: members of the muslim group setting fire to christian homes in an eastern city. six christians were reportedly killed including four women and a child. the violence began during the week when a muslim organization accused christians of desecrating pages from the koran. government investigators say they found no truth to the allegation. >> malaysia: the biggest street protests in almost two years broken up by police and then call him -- kuala lumpur. 20,000 opposition members...
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we have a case where an individual trained in pakistan in '91, '92. we know in that time period there were a whole group of people from ohio, new york, new jersey, all over the place, pennsylvania, who went to foreign conflict zones, marley jihadee conflict zones to get the training, to get expertise, to make the contacts. this is not the only case. have krif fehr paul out in ohio who really look like a homeless guy who pled guilty who tried to set off a weapon of mass destruction inside the u.s. and has contacts and training in training camp as that go all the way back to the early '90s. and this guy looks like a homesle guy. i went through his luggage an it doesn't look like the luggage of a sophisticated terrorist. but when you have people who have this training and intent and skper tee and, again, the willingness to kill other people, you wonder. i think law enforcement at this point doesn't have much choice but to act. >> evan coleman, thank you very much. i appreciate that. >> thank you very much. >> it is a question for more help in afghanistan
we have a case where an individual trained in pakistan in '91, '92. we know in that time period there were a whole group of people from ohio, new york, new jersey, all over the place, pennsylvania, who went to foreign conflict zones, marley jihadee conflict zones to get the training, to get expertise, to make the contacts. this is not the only case. have krif fehr paul out in ohio who really look like a homeless guy who pled guilty who tried to set off a weapon of mass destruction inside the...
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their plans in the philippines and planned in malaysia and recruited in saudi arabia and trained in pakistan and afghanistan, and carried them out in the united states. so that is why our -- our homeland security network must be built to leverage force multipliers. the cooperation of our international allies, the full powers of the united states federal government, the vigilance of the police on the beat, and the untapped resources of millions of our own citizens. later today, i'll assess progress at ground zero, a special place for our country, and a poignant one for the departments of hoped security, which was created as a response to the 9/11 attacks. last friday, i met with governor tom kean, congressman lee hamilton, and former homeland security secretary tom ridge, and others, to discuss progress made in the five years since release of the 9/11 commission report. there were write to note our achievements and progress to a safe homeland does not belong to one political party but a lot changeds in the past six months since i became just the third secretary of homeland security after my d
their plans in the philippines and planned in malaysia and recruited in saudi arabia and trained in pakistan and afghanistan, and carried them out in the united states. so that is why our -- our homeland security network must be built to leverage force multipliers. the cooperation of our international allies, the full powers of the united states federal government, the vigilance of the police on the beat, and the untapped resources of millions of our own citizens. later today, i'll assess...
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these guys came in in first class on pakistan airlines. this guy yousef claimed he is an iraqi refugee from saddam. the boss has a look, we just gave the last man to this other guy. i'm sorry. grant him a hearing. but boss. grant him a hearing that she stands and rhonda youssef, the mozart of tear walks into the night, hails a cab at jfk. where does he go? the mosque in brooklyn, baby, what he gives with all these guys that are on, that were on the surveillance of the fbi in 1989. what do they find by the way with this guy? he is carrying a book and this is the basic rule on. no one ever translated that. you know what the basic rule meant? the base. al qaeda. and the name al qaeda comes from the fact that the database of all the guys that came to fight top it all their names down, guys from the philippines, south africa, and they dispersed after the war from the soviets and that database of brothers willing to die for allah became al qaeda. okay. understand? and this guy has a book that says al qaeda, fbi, 1992. yousef is in jersey city. i
these guys came in in first class on pakistan airlines. this guy yousef claimed he is an iraqi refugee from saddam. the boss has a look, we just gave the last man to this other guy. i'm sorry. grant him a hearing. but boss. grant him a hearing that she stands and rhonda youssef, the mozart of tear walks into the night, hails a cab at jfk. where does he go? the mosque in brooklyn, baby, what he gives with all these guys that are on, that were on the surveillance of the fbi in 1989. what do they...
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. >> julie: and pakistan slum, mobs of muslims descending on christian neighborhoods in the city setting fires to homes and clark with police. today one man, four women and one child all reported dead. the violence set off by allegations that koran was defaced. a federal official accusing some of the violence. police getting pretty aggressive firing tear gas and streets covered in smoking debris. >> gregg: congress's cash for clunkers program, they actually ran out of money in four days. it was supposed to last until november. congress is dishing out billions more to keep it running. that is your money, by the way. so is the program a disaster waiting to happen. find out coming up next. my digestive system didn't always behave. "thunder and cracks of lightning." whatever i did my digestive upsets came back. but then came align with bifantis. the only probiotic clinically proven to provide ongoing protection against episodes of constipation, diarrhea, urgency, gas & bloating. align brings peace to my digestive system and to me. try align and discover a world of digestive peace. to be a gr
. >> julie: and pakistan slum, mobs of muslims descending on christian neighborhoods in the city setting fires to homes and clark with police. today one man, four women and one child all reported dead. the violence set off by allegations that koran was defaced. a federal official accusing some of the violence. police getting pretty aggressive firing tear gas and streets covered in smoking debris. >> gregg: congress's cash for clunkers program, they actually ran out of money in four...
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the elite mi-5 intelligence agency recruited two men who attended al qaeda training camps in pakistan. the men received several weeks of trapg before being ejected from mi-5. the lawmaker believes the men got into the agency because of a rush to beef up intelligence following the 2005 suicide bombings in london. there are also concerns about the past activities of four other members of that mi-5 unit. >>> capitol hill is clearing out for the august break right now. but lawmakers are leaving with the health care work on their mind. from the president. he is urging congress to keep up the momentum after a sweeping health care reform bill, one a critical thumbs up from a house committee. elaine quijano live at the white house. explain what the president is saying today? >> you know, the president obviously wants to make sure, don, that congress stays on track to get health care reform done this year. you mentioned that the house committee passing its own version of health care legislation is a victory for the white house. so in a written statement, the president said, quote, this histori
the elite mi-5 intelligence agency recruited two men who attended al qaeda training camps in pakistan. the men received several weeks of trapg before being ejected from mi-5. the lawmaker believes the men got into the agency because of a rush to beef up intelligence following the 2005 suicide bombings in london. there are also concerns about the past activities of four other members of that mi-5 unit. >>> capitol hill is clearing out for the august break right now. but lawmakers are...
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the only first person reference appeared in the magazine "tricone" about a gay afghanistan living in pakistan. no afghanistan had brought the story back to the rest of the world. i decided i would be the one to do this. every afghanistan american i knew worried. once i was hear, i realized it was safer than the news would have you think. still how much of a risk was i willing to take? all this passed through my mind once it was like to meet. i was staying at the hotel full of journalists and odd characters. some here, for reasons they would never disclose, the owner knew i was investing kabul's gay side. i simply told them i was doing interviews. the hotel protective assistant manager always wanted to know my whereabouts. i made him speak to my cab driver to clarify the directions. he thought the whole thing odd constantly asking me why i was heading there. when my cab pulls away, he looked awful, in refusing to have the hotel's driver wait for the address he told me i should not go to. he said he was only five minutes, but the ride seemed to last forever. as we moved along we slipped into pl
the only first person reference appeared in the magazine "tricone" about a gay afghanistan living in pakistan. no afghanistan had brought the story back to the rest of the world. i decided i would be the one to do this. every afghanistan american i knew worried. once i was hear, i realized it was safer than the news would have you think. still how much of a risk was i willing to take? all this passed through my mind once it was like to meet. i was staying at the hotel full of...
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prosecutors say the ring leader trained in terror camps in pakistan and afghanistan, with the intent of waging a violent jihad. now the arrest follows other recent case of homegrown terror in florida, michigan, new jersey, washington state, and south carolina. joining us to talk about it, msnbc terrorism analyst evan kohlmann. with a good morning to you. all of these arrests under the cloak of homegrown terrorists. what do you make of this? where are we going? where are we coming from here? >> it's important, first of all to understand number one al qaeda has attempted toen courage people to do this. not necessarily to do it with their foreknowledge but follow down their path, even if it means independently. take the ideology and run with it. >> do they put out messages? come to our camps? >> it's through video recordings, books, audio recordings. i would not be at all surprised in this case if we find out these individuals had collections of terrorist propaganda, just if we look based alone at the locations they were trying to get to. going to the gaza trip to join a jihady faction
prosecutors say the ring leader trained in terror camps in pakistan and afghanistan, with the intent of waging a violent jihad. now the arrest follows other recent case of homegrown terror in florida, michigan, new jersey, washington state, and south carolina. joining us to talk about it, msnbc terrorism analyst evan kohlmann. with a good morning to you. all of these arrests under the cloak of homegrown terrorists. what do you make of this? where are we going? where are we coming from here?...
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iran being provocative, north korea being provocative testing missiles, testing nuclear weapons and pakistan which has both missiles and nuclear weapons is sort of on a precipice. you cannot guarantee those nukes could not come loose. it would seem, as you say on a bipartisan basis, members of congress of the administration would say our primary duty is to defend americans from this sort of thing. so let's make this a high priority. and neither of these are priorities, in fact, just the opposite. >> well, i have the two of the main characters in my novel, one is rather conservative. another is rather liberal in the views. and about four weeks after this event, both just how foolish and how stupid it all now seems what divided us. what we are arguing about now is back then, four weeks ago, is moot compared to what we are facing today. we tend to forget how divided america was in public opinion in 1940, '41 about our entry into what became world war ii for us. there were some things done by franklin roosevelt, if done today, he would be impeached. there was actually -- look up the "chicago tri
iran being provocative, north korea being provocative testing missiles, testing nuclear weapons and pakistan which has both missiles and nuclear weapons is sort of on a precipice. you cannot guarantee those nukes could not come loose. it would seem, as you say on a bipartisan basis, members of congress of the administration would say our primary duty is to defend americans from this sort of thing. so let's make this a high priority. and neither of these are priorities, in fact, just the...
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. >> they told us to carry out jihad against the pakistan army because they are not muslims. this is because they're friends with the united states army, who kills a lot of muslims, and you will go to heaven for killing them, even if you have to kill yourself. >> the taliban told us don't listen to anyone, not your father, not your brother, fot your sister. if they get in your way of fighting jihad, it's okay to kill them. . >> these two boys were some of the lucky ones. they escaped. >> myself and two other boys at the camp talked about escaping, i was very squared as the taliban said if we tried to escape they would slaughter us when i had the chance i ran away. >> the u.n. children's agency is now getting involved. >> the government has got in first contact with, you know, self so they can support the children who we understand have been brain washed into becoming either child soldiers or suicide bombers. >> the challenge is not only to get the boys into programs deal with psychological damage, but it has to be customized to counter what in some cases has been years of mem
. >> they told us to carry out jihad against the pakistan army because they are not muslims. this is because they're friends with the united states army, who kills a lot of muslims, and you will go to heaven for killing them, even if you have to kill yourself. >> the taliban told us don't listen to anyone, not your father, not your brother, fot your sister. if they get in your way of fighting jihad, it's okay to kill them. . >> these two boys were some of the lucky ones. they...
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people are killing each other in pakistan. all of that is happening. it is not between the muslims and the americans here it is within. the crisis is now actually fragmenting. is deepening to an extent that we are in need for a time of the. we are in need for sorting out these problems to see what is left, otherwise day after day we are seeing casualties. and that would be very difficult and complicated to deal with if we do not open new chapter of relationship between the americans administration and the muslim world. so there is a need for us also, and a lot of people who have been harmed by these kind of difference are not americans. we know that we don't want to continue living our lives and our children's lives in the shadow of killing and civil wars and conflicts. that is not the choice for a human being eventually has to live his life and look forward to a much more peaceful life for his children. media can play a major role of bridging the gap. but what kind of media? media that takes cooperation. media that can simplify think, refuse it, check
people are killing each other in pakistan. all of that is happening. it is not between the muslims and the americans here it is within. the crisis is now actually fragmenting. is deepening to an extent that we are in need for a time of the. we are in need for sorting out these problems to see what is left, otherwise day after day we are seeing casualties. and that would be very difficult and complicated to deal with if we do not open new chapter of relationship between the americans...
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their plans in the philippines, plant in malaysia and germany, recruited in saudi arabia, trained in pakistan and afghanistan, and carried them out at the united states. that is why our homeland security network should be built to leverage multipliers. the cooperation of our international allies with the full powers of the united states federal government, the diligence of the police on the beat, and the untapped resources of millions of our own citizens. today, i will assess progress at ground zero, a special place for our country, and a poignant one for the department of homeland security that was treated as a response to the 9/11 attacks. we met with congressman lee hamilton, tom ridge, and others to discuss the progress made in the five years since the release of the 9/11 commission report. they were right to know our achievements. progress to a secured homeland does not belong to one political party. much has changed in the past six months as i became the third secretary of homeland security after my distinguished predecessors. let me give you a sense of how i see the threat environment
their plans in the philippines, plant in malaysia and germany, recruited in saudi arabia, trained in pakistan and afghanistan, and carried them out at the united states. that is why our homeland security network should be built to leverage multipliers. the cooperation of our international allies with the full powers of the united states federal government, the diligence of the police on the beat, and the untapped resources of millions of our own citizens. today, i will assess progress at ground...